明覺禪師語錄 2.95

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上堂云：「一華開，天下春，古佛為甚麼不著便？爾若透得，救取天下老宿。忽若有箇衲僧出來云：『和尚且自救也。』許伊是金毛獅子。」

Ascending the hall, he said: "One flower opens, and all under heaven is spring; why did the ancient Buddhas not find an opening? If you can penetrate this, you will rescue the old elders under heaven. If suddenly a patch-robed monk stepped forward and said, 'Upādhyāya, rescue yourself first,' I would acknowledge him as a golden-haired lion."